Twine-cutter.



No. 397,275. PATENTBD $EPT. 1, 1908. J. DE YOUNG.

TWINE CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 14, 1907.

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JOSEPH DE YOUNG, OF SOUTH HOLLAND, ILLINOIS.

TWINE-CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 1, 1908.

I Application filed. October 14, 1907. Serial No. 397,377.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH DE YOUNG, a citizen of the United States, residing at South Holland, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Twine-Cutters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to twine cutters, and has for its object to provide a cutter which may be stamped from sheet material, and afterwards bent to form a ring or band which may be worn upon the finger and is especially adapted for use in stores in which bundle wrappers are employed.

A further object of this invention is to construct a cutter of this character which may be used for various purposes around stores and like places where sucharticles are a necessity.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description and it will be understood that changes in the specific structure shown and described may be made within the scope of the claim without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the twine cutter illustrating the use of my invention, Fig. 2 is a side elevational view, Fig. 3 is a top plan view, Fig. 4 is a section on the line 44 of Fig. 2, Fig. 5 is a plan view of the blank. I

Referring now to the drawings, there is shown a twine cutter 10 which consists of a circular band or ring 11, and this band is provided at one of its ends and at the lower por tion thereof with a laterally extending portion 12 which is turned upwardly at its outer end, to form an upwardly projecting bill 13. The upper and lower edges of the bill 13 are beveled, as shown at 14 and 15, to provide knife edges, as shown. The twine cutter 10 is formed from a single blank of metal A or other material which is stamped from sheet material and at one end, the blankis cut away towards the lower edge thereof as shown at B, to provide the laterally extending portion 12, and the bill 13 which has its upper end disposed above the upper end of the blank.

In use, the band as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, is placed upon the little finger of the hand, and with the bill projecting inwardly toward the arm, and after the package has been tied, and when it is desired to out the twine, the hand upon which the ring is used is drawn inwardly to sever the twine, the inner edge 14 of the bill 13 being used in this instance. It will also be seen, that a device as shown and described will effectively serve the purpose of a letter opener, and by placing the pointed end of the bill 13 through any portion of a letter, the letter may be readily ripped. The device will also serve as a paper cutter for various purposes, and it will be seen that a device as herein shown and described may be bent into the proper shape to tion, said blade having a sharpened point and beveled edges upon its upper and under sides, the beveled edge upon the under side of said blade being rounded adjacent the elongated portion.

In testimony whereof I afIiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH DE YOUNG. Witnesses:

EEEIE DE YOUNG,

TEUNIs DE YOUNG, Sr. 

